Improvement in ironing-tables



A. T. GALE. Ironing-Table.

No. 204,019. Patented May 21,1878.

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ATTORN E-YS MPEFERS, PNOTO-LITIIQGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D G

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALVIN T. GALE, on PIQUA, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN lRONlNG-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 204,019, dated May 21, 1878; application filed April 6, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVIN T. GALE, of Piqua, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Ironing-Boards; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a perspective view of my ironing-table. Fig. 2 is a part sectional side view, and Fig. 3 is an end view thereof.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of an ironingboard, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The annexed drawing, to which reference is made, fully illustrates my invention.

The frame for supporting the ironing-board is constructed in the following manner: A represents a sill, to which are secured two legs, B B, said legs converging toward the upper end, where they are closer together than at the bottoni.

Near the upper ends the legs B B are connected by a crossbar, O, to which is hinged a T-shaped brace, D, as shown.

The legs B B are further connected by a round, a, upon which are pivoted two long legs, FF. The upper ends of these legs are connected by a crossbar, E, and their lower ends are brought close together and secured to a foot, G, as shown.

On the top of the legs F F are secured ratchet-bars b b, in which the brace D is to engage for holding the frame in position to support the ironing-board.

H represents the ironing-board, provided near its larger end with a slot, 0, to pass over a hook, d, which is fastened in the top crossbar E. On the under side of the board H are two longitudinal ribs or bars, I I, which lie in notches i i in the cross-bar Q.

The stand or support of the table, constructed as described, is adjustable to any desired height by changing the brace into the different notches of the ratchets b b. The long bars or guides I on the under side of the board Hserve as guides or stays to hold the board in position on the stand, and also to stiffen the board.

This board and stand is very simple, cheap,

and durable, and in a full-sized machine there A is from three to four feet of board to work the garment upon free from any obstructions of any kind below the board. The stand is steady and solid, and the double long supports F F, running forward under the board, also support the under portion of the garments, keeping them off of the floor while being ironed and turned upon the board.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The ironing-board H, having longitudinal guides II and slot 0, in combination with the frames A B G and E F G, hook d, and the notches i i in the cross-bar O, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

ALVIN THEOPHILUS GALE.

Witnesses I STEPHEN J OHNSTON, W. W. V. BUCHANAN. 

